poet, editor, arts administrator

Lucia LoTempio is the author of Green Right Now (Alice James Books, 2029) and Hot with the Bad Things (Alice James Books, 2020). She is a Poetry Editor for The Offing, serves on the Editorial Board for Alice James Books, and does arts education work at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Lucia lives and writes in Buffalo, NY.

Lucia LoTempio is a poet living in her hometown, Buffalo, NY. She is the author of Green Right Now, which will be published by Alice James Books in January 2029. Her debut Hot with the Bad Things (Alice James Books, 2020) was named a finalist for the National Poetry Series. She is the co-author, with Suzannah Russ Spaar, of the chapbook Undone in Scarlet (Tammy, 2019).

Currently, Lucia is an Associate on the Education team at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo. In the past, she’s worked as a Program Manager of community partnerships for The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, as a special faculty member for Arts Greenhouse at Carnegie Mellon University, and as the Senior Manager of programming, residencies, and outreach at the arts and social justice nonprofit City of Asylum in Pittsburgh. When living in Pittsburgh, she taught community writing courses for adults at the Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media, and served on the steering committee for Pittsburgh Emerging Arts Leaders, a project of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Lucia often teaches writing workshops, and you can find out how to join the fun in the Events tab.

Lucia serves on the Editorial Board for Alice James Books, as an Editor of Poetry for The Offing, and as a manuscript reader for Autumn House Press. She was formerly the Managing Editor for The Adroit Journal, the Reviews Editor for Aster(ix) Journal, and previously worked with VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.

She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from SUNY Geneseo with a BA in English Literature and a minor in Sociology. In spring 2018, she received her MFA in Poetry from the University of Pittsburgh.,